Banana Puff puff
Soft and chewy banana puff puff – quite tasty too!
I don’t know of a single West African- my self included who does not dig puff-puff- they are the quintessential African snack – cheap and filling. When you’re at home in your own country, there are some foods that may not feel like an incredibly important meal to you because it’s shared with everyone around you. Not to talk of the fact that it is available at every street corner imaginable -anytime of the day: morning, night, afternoon and/or in between.
Away from home, however, these foods that seem unimportant, can take on an importance in your home and your eating habits like they never had before…. Until you eat them, you can never feel satiated.
This deep fried dough is one of those foods. I try not to crave this as much but truth be told before my blogging days I use to make these on most weekends and every opportunity I got, but now, not so much-thank goodness! Because it starts as a breakfast food and by the time I know it. I have had it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
My only gripe with puff puff is that I get bored with it. Let ‘s just say I am one of those adventurous foodies. I have to try out different flavors. This is a new one for me. If you are like me and are up for it, here is another puff puff that you can make with bananas, with a little bit of jolt from nutmeg. This one is chewy, stays soft and quite tasty too!
If you are a puff puff fanatic rejoice! I do have about 6 different variety of puff puff with more to come. Just click on the puff puff name and you can start dancing with joy! Go easy on the puff puff they are not figure friendly.
Enjoy!
Check out the Original Puff Puff here.
Whole Wheat Accra Banana
Watch How to Make It
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (240ml) warm water
- 2 ¼ teaspoon(7grams) active dry yeast 1 packet
- ¼ - ½ cup(50- 100grams) sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large bananas mashed about 1-1/4 cup
- 3 cups (360grams) flour
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
- Oil for deep-frying
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the warm water, salt, sugar, and yeast. Set aside for 5 minutes
- Then add mashed bananas and mix with a wooden spoon or hands preferably, followed by flour, and nutmeg. Mix well until flour and bananas have been fully incorporated.
- Set the mixture in a warm area and let it rise and double in size -approximately 1- 2 hours
- In a large, sauce pan pour vegetable oil, until it is at least 3 inches (or about 5 centimeters) high (too little will result in flatter balls), and place on medium heat until oil is 375 degrees.
- The dough is going to be sticky so use your hands to grab a little bit of mixture at time and drop in the oil or use a spoon to spoon up the batter, and another spoon or spatula to drop it in the oil, sort of in the shape of a ball. Do not overcrowd the pan.
- Do so in batch
- Fry for a few minutes until the bottom side is golden brown.
- Turn the ball over and fry for a few more minutes until the other side is golden brown.
- Use a large spoon or something like that to take it out of the oil.
- I usually place them on napkins right away to
Nutrition Information:
Can one use wholewheat flour for a healthier puf puf and use an air fryer instead the regular deep frying?
I used whole wheat flour and all purpose flour to see the difference. Whole wheat flour makes the puff puff more dense and less banana-ish. I give 5 stars for the recipe. But if using wheat flour use less than 3 cups.
Thanks for taking time out to share this .
Which flour is used here/
All purpose flour .
Thank u for the recipe.will give a try
Do let me know how it works out . Thanks
Thanks for the metrics indications.
First time making these and my kids and neighbors kids loved it! I will be making this on more than just holidays since its so quick and easy! Thank you so much for sharing!
You’re welcome. So happy you love this as much as I do.
I always look out for your recipes, thank you for sharing
You are amazing
Thank YOU for reading them and looking out for them 🙂
Hello, j’ai essaye votre recette et elle est vraiment tres facile. J’ai juste pas reussi mes beignets, en effet ma pate n’a pas gonfle et mes beignets ont durci apres un certain temps. Qu’est ce que j’ai bien pu faire?
Salut Colette, Le problème semble être la levure. Assurez-vous que votre levure est active et que la pâte double de taille avant la
friture
Looks delicious! Can you do a video on how you drop the batter in the oil? It fascinated me!!
Hello can make puff puff with plantain
Yes, you can.
Can I bake it instead of deep frying in oil? How many minutes,? What’s the temp?
Hi. Yvonee. Puff puffs are best made when deep fried.
Hi Imma,
Thanks for the recipe. Am going to try it out. My question is in the list of ingredients, u gave 50 – 100 grams of sugar, can you pls give a precise measurement ( amount of sugar) to use. Thanks
Hi, Adeola. You may start with 50 g of sugar and adjust depending on the ripeness of your bananas or your preferred sweetness.
How do incorporate evaporated milk??
By reducing the water in half and replacing the other half with evaporated milk.
If you dont use all the batter, how do you store it and for how long? I cant wait to try these I’m waiting for the dough to rise and I added a lil cinnamon to taste. I’m going to sprinkle with powdered sugar. Thanks for the amazing recipes im in love with the one that have the plantains and shrimp and I made a mango salsa guacamole! Yummy.
Hi Janie,
It’s best to fry all the dough, let it cool and freeze. If not store in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
Can I dip it in a syrup??
Yes, you can.
I saw your earlier post with an answer to my question about dipping sauce. I would prefer a sweet sauce. Do you have a recipe with something with coconut or pineapple?
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
I see you are dipping this in something. Can you give me a recipe for a dipping sauce. These look amazing and I may have to give them a try. My hubby likes anything with banana, coconut, or pineapple.
Thanks,
Here are a few https://www.africanbites.com/pineapple-jalapenos-corn-bread/, https://www.africanbites.com/coconut-bread/, https://www.africanbites.com/banana-pineapple-bread/.
What is the sauce on the side?
It’s an African Pepper Sauce. Please see recipe here >>> https://www.africanbites.com/african-pepper-sauce/
Is the flour, plain or self rising?
It’s plain flour.
Very interesting Emma. I will try them right away! I hope it comes out so perfectly like yours *wink.
What is the dip made of.I don’t see a recipe, please.
Please see the full recipe here >>> https://www.africanbites.com/african-pepper-sauce/
Thanks, I have been trying to make me some puff puff for something but forgot some of the receipt, from Africa and this was our breakfast before going to school. I love the plain ones. Thanks again, I will always look to see what’s next
Thanks for dropping by, Beatrice! Looking forward to hear how your puff puff turns out. Here’s a handy link though for the plain puff puff >>> https://www.africanbites.com/puff-puff/ Enjoy!
Will be trying this puff puff recipe soon.
Can I use plantain flour in place of normal flour?
It might have a slightly different in taste and texture. Haven’t tried it yet so can’t say for sure .